Parvocellular cell
Type of neuron located in the thalamus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Parvocellular neurosecretory cell.
This article is about the lateral geniculate nucleus cell. For other uses, see Parvocellular (disambiguation).
In neuroscience, parvocellular cells, also called P-cells, are neurons located within the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus. Their name comes from Latin parvus 'small', due to the small size of the cell compared to the larger magnocellular cells. Phylogenetically, parvocellular neurons are more modern than magnocellular ones.[citation needed]
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Location | Lateral geniculate nucleus |
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NeuroLex ID | nifext_43 |
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